A nice quilting app

On occasion, I will visit the Apple App store to see what new kinds of craft apps it has And of course, free is always best. So here was one that is a quilt shop locator that would really be nice when traveling.

First it pinpoints all quilt stores within the area you have requested as shown in the screenshot below.


Then, when you click on a pin, it will take you to a screen that gives the contact info for the shop.



If the shop has a website, you can click on it and go to the store's website. In this case this is a new quilt store for me and I may just have to visit it.


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Little shoes

Something really tiny misplaced its little shoes.


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Cold in Arizona???

It's unheard of. We are up in Prescott at 4:00 in the afternoon and both of us have blankets on. It's in the high 50's or low 60's where we are.


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I'm a WINNER!!

There are lots of blogs and lots of companies on Facebook that have give aways and all you have to do is leave a comment. Mulqueens is a quilt store here in town and also has a Facebook page and it seems to have give aways every so often. Rarely do I enter these give aways and I'm not sure why I don't because there are no catches. Anyway, I commented on Mulqueen's post and I won something! Not the greatest thing in the world or the most expensive but it is something I use and like. It's Mary Ellen's Best Press, which for the uninitiated, is the starch preferred by most quilters.


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Pondering my next quilt

One month from now is our annual Sew In and I need to start thinking of projects to take.

I just got a book from the library called "Transparency Quilts" and I think I will attempt one of those. The use of solid colors or colors that read as solids is heavy in these so I will probably have to buy some fabric since I don't have too many solids. The goal is to give the quilt the illusion of transparency by the use of light and dark colors. I think my plan is to do something like this using reds, oranges and yellows for the shadow block that is shown here in brown and tan tones.  Can you see the shadow effect here?  I think it is kind of cool and have been thinking of doing a quilt with these shadow blocks for awhile.



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Wordless Wednesday

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Holy Sundae, Batman!

Bunco was Friday night and the newest member of the group brought the hostess a gift.

It looks like an ice cream sundae but it is actually, several white carnations plopped in a sundae dish with a sweetheart rose inserted in the center as the cherry.  Now, if she could only figure out a way to add chocolate syrup, it would be perfect.